The Family Research Council is a lobbying group that is so anti-LGBT that the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified it as a hate group. Since 2003 the Family Research Council has been led by Tony Perkins who was bold enough to claim that natural disasters were a punishment from God to those who are…
Tag: Louisiana
Fun Fact: Jefferson Irony When Approving The Louisiana Purchase
For most of his political career, Thomas Jefferson believed in a strict philosophy that anything that wasn’t specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution could not be done without an amendment. That was until the Louisiana Purchase (which doubled the size of the United States of America) where mere congressional and presidential approval was just fine…
Fun Fact: Huey Long
Huey Long was a Senator and Governor for the state of Louisiana in the early 20th century. An outspoken populist he proposed a plan called “Share Our Wealth”. It was essentially a tax that would cap the income of the wealthiest Americans and give it to the poorest ones. He planned to run for president…
Fun Fact: Louisiana Etymology
Louisiana had once been a French colony, and thus is where the name originated from. In its original French form La Louisiane means “Land of Louis” in honor of King Louis XIV of France.
Things I Like: The Princess and the Frog (2009 Film)
This is no retelling of the classic story, instead a new branching out. The “princess” in the story is actually a young woman named Tiana, who’s a poor working woman hoping to start her own resturant. The charming Prince Naveen comes to New Orleans, and makes a gamble with the Shadow Man, a vodoo witch…
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